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Songwriting duo from Hastings, East Sussex, UK. Jo Church and Jim Tipler. New online directory of all things folk and roots, THE ROOTS LIST is now live. linktr.ee/miltonhide

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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Www.therootslist.co.uk is our baby and we are trying to grow it. It’s a website for all things folk and roots in the UK (for now, hoping to spread wider). Sign up for free. Check it out today 🎵🎶
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The Roots List | A list for Folk & Roots music
What is The Roots List? Who the heck do we think we are by creating The Roots List? Why should you should join The Roots List?
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New post coming soon on our free Patreon, plus extras on the paid tiers. 😁🎵🎶 #patreon #folk #singersongwriters www.patreon.com/MiltonHide?u...
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Get more from Milton Hide on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just £1/month. We are Milton Hide (AKA Jim and Josie Tipler) and we come from…
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English Folk Dance and Song Society @efdss.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Calling all Dance Callers! If you're over 18 and call for social folk dancing of any kind, we want to hear from you. What brought you into calling, what events you call for, and what helped on your journey. Complete the census now: bit.ly/4tW6zV8 Image: Hardeep Sahota by Roswitha Chesher
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We’ve got some gigs coming up in this heat so are making fans for the audience from a batch of reject (but still gorgeous) posters. 😁 🥵🪭 #heatwaveuk #livemusic #hastings #staycool
Paper fans made from collaged images
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really looking forward to our next home town gig. Come and join us at the iconic Jenny Lind, Hastings Old Town, on Sunday 28 June. We WILL surprise you x #jennylind #hastings #livemusichastings
collage images : rocks, kitten, guitar, click, clarinet, boat, eye and thumbs up.Photos of Jo playing clarinet, Jim playing guitar.
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We’ll be back at Eastbourne Farmers Market this Saturday 6th June outside Towner Gallery. Please come and say ‘hello’ 😁🎶 #eastbourne #townergallery #livemusic
Jo stands shaking a rain stick, Jim sits playing guitar, both performing under a yellow and white market gazebo
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Chose to stay at a campsite for the final night of our tour so we could have a shower before the gig. Lovely spot at Seaham near Newcastle upon Tyne. Sharpley campsite. #musiciansontour
Cloudy but blue sky over wind turbines behind trees. Close cropped grass field
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Back in England. Quick visit to Berwick upon Tweed then drove down the coast a way, now west of Newcastle upon Tyne resting before our final gig of the tour at Bridge Folk Club tomorrow. #musiciansontour #northernengland #vanlife
Interesting perspective of the underside of concrete supports of road bridge
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
More from our Scotland tour. Bracklin Falls (got hailed on there), Edinburgh city (got rained on), Darnick village hall for the gig. Sunny morning! Loving every minute 😁🎶 #musiciansontour #scotland
Grey sky, green trees, slabs of beige rocks with waterfalls tumbling. Bracklin FallsHorse and rider statue and ornate street lamps between impressive city buildings in Edinburgh, people wrapped up against the rainMiltonHide brown banner surrounded by guitars, cajon and mic stands- a stage prepared for performance Darnick village hall, ornate stone building with bell tower
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Loch Earn, no filters, both colour shots, taken on same settings 5 minutes apart. Tonight’s stopover. #miltonhideontour #musiciansontour #scotland
Moody stormy shot of black water with grey hills and skyBrilliant blue water and sky, distant snow capped peaks, water lapping at stones beach.
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The view from our overnight stop in the van. Just above Llangollen. Day 2 of our Mad Dog Leg tour to Scotland from East Sussex via Devon and Wales.. #musiciansontour
Sun setting over distant blue hills, a green valley, road and trees
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We’re going to miss these two while we’re off on our mini Northern Tour. 11 days apart! I bet I know which one will give us the most enthusiastic greeting when we get back 😁🎶 #musiciansontour #catsonbluesky #dogsonbluesky
White and tabby cat curled on colourful sofa beside grey and white dog
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Saw a few of these gorgeous vibrant pink flowers on our walk along Bexhill beach the other day. More were on their way to blooming. I think it’s an Ice Plant maybe ..? #beachplants #eastsussex #identifythisplant
Shiny pink flower with multiple petals, yellow centre, chunky spiked fleshy green leaves, growing amongst beach stones and shells
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
There’s something special about being the last ones to leave the pub. We stepped out into a beautiful warm night and utter silence. A perfect end to a very pleasant gig 🙂🎶 #oldoakinnarlington #folkmusicians
Night time shot of the front of a pub, warm glow in the windows, cool blue light on the front, a figure in silhouette walks past
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Tonight we’re in Arlington at The Old Oak Inn 😁
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Our latest song, recorded live and set to a video filmed in Hastings youtu.be/c6vwCshaxMw?...
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The Firehills performed by Milton Hide
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The Roots List @therootslist.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We've got some smart new fliers which we'll be handing out at gigs to help promote the website 😀. Join us on the Roots List today! It's all about helping people find venues, discover new artists, share ideas and grow the audience for real, live music. #therootslist #folksky
3 fliers for The Roots List
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Beautiful walk up to The Firehills today #Hastings
Blue sky, clouds, sea, gorse bushes  in bloom with yellow flowers
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
We’re sticking to East Sussex this month. Gigs in Brighton, Arlington and Bexhill. 😁🎶 #livemusic #whatsonineastsussex
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We’ve started a new discussion on the @therootslist.bsky.social forum about creating a musician’s environmental policy. www.therootslist.co.uk/roots-list-f... (register for free to join the forum). #therootslist #environmentalpolicy #musiciansonbluesky
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Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵 @readifolk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Some snaps from our excellent guest night with @miltonhide.bsky.social and floor singers #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #InRdg #TheDing
Photo of the duo Milton Hide singing and playing at Readifolk. Both are smiling. Jo has a wooden percussion instrument and Jim is playing guitar.Photo of the duo Milton Hide at Readifolk. Jo is playing clarinet and Jim is playing guitar.Collage of photos of Milton Hide and floorsingers at Readifolk
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The Roots List @therootslist.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Quite a bit going on at the Roots List website now. Don't be slaves to the algorithms. Check it out. Register. Add a profile. Tell your friends. #folk #blues #roots www.therootslist.co.uk
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Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵 @readifolk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶 🎶TONIGHT🎶 🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 An evening of song accompanied by guitar and clarinet with @miltonhide.bsky.social #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight #InRdg #TheDing
Colourful collage of images advertising Milton Hide at Readifolk 8pm on Sunday 29th March. There are details of the venue (Watlington House Hall, Reading RG1 4RA) and Readifolk's logo, with the words "Folk song and music", as well as images of musical notes and of the duo Milton Hide holding musical instruments.
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Readifolk 🎶🪕🎻🪗🎵 @readifolk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
...and look no further than bottom right in the poster to see @miltonhide.bsky.social our #SundayNight #FolkMusicNight guests.
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Tolerance 😁
Cat and dog together on sofa
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We’re really looking forward to our first visit to the iconic @readifolk.bsky.social on Sunday 29 March. Make sure you alter your clocks the night before so you’re not late!
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Flood reduction scheme / amphitheatre in Sidmouth #sidmouth
Black and white photo of a spiral path and sunken amphitheatre in grass with trees behind
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I do love performing this one! Voodoo Queen. This was at #Eastbourne Farmers Market last year outside The #Towner. We’re back there again on 6th June. www.youtube.com/live/jrOSBLi... #Scarf by House of Anna Acciarini
Under a yellow and white gazebo two folk musicians perform into microphones. Jo wears a bright green scarf which floats in the breeze as she sings, Jim sits on a stool, legs crossed, playing guitar. At Jo’s feet is a clarinet, cajon, and tambourine, she holds a rain stick
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Views from the train to Honiton (and on to Sidmouth) #traintravelUK #englishlandscape #viewfromatrain
Deep blue sky, whispy high white clouds, fluffy low clouds reflected in oxbow lakeField, blue sky, interesting formation of white clouds, silhouette of trees and barn
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A little glimpse of beauty from the motorway on our way to Banbury. #pinkcloud #sunset
A sunset sky, silhouetted tres, a road
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Another folk event to look forward to😁🎶🎵
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Ooh, star treatment at The Oasthouse Theatre in Rainham? Don’t mind if I do. #folkonbluesky
Star on red dressing room door
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Reply looking forward to it x
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Moon over Hastings. #fullmoon
Full moon in a bright blue sky above a small white and red house on a hillside
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? We can't believe how much UK water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Monday morning, planning our week. Not much time for music today - mostly boring but necessary admin. What are you up to?
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Blustery Bexhill walk today. Saw sea foam, ‘mermaid’s purses’, cliff fall chunks and a crazy camper parked at the base of the cliff. #ukbeach #bexhill
Black and white photo of dark clouds, dark sea, white waves with small boats on the beach
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
On Thursday 26th Feb we are playing at The Cove in Fairlight at Folk, Blues and Beyond. We’re definitely beyond! #hastings #folk
Poster for folk blues and beyond at the cove in fairlight East Sussex uk
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Lovely day today so we took the train to Brighton (as we had to do something there). Mooched around the North Laines and junk shops, noodle lunch, lots of walking. Still prefer Hastings to Brighton any day! #hastings #brighton (Bexhill beach huts)
White beach huts against a blue sky in the afternoon sun through a train window
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We did a quick video of a brand new song. The Weaver. Inspired by a conversation with a lady I met at Standen @nationaltrust.org.uk youtu.be/9PPm2gd3zx8?...
Woman sits singing while man site playing guitar. Living room setting.
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A beautiful moment yesterday afternoon. Blue sky and golden sunlight over Hastings. 🙂 #hastings #sunlight
Orange glow of sunlight on trees and house on distant hillside
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
These beauties have been in bloom for a couple of weeks now. All I know is it’s some kind of orchid and I’ve managed to keep it alive since I inherited it 4 months ago. Love it 😊
Bright pink orchids in flower in a pot of window ledge at night
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
✊ People want strong and effective AI regulation! That's the message from Government's artificial intelligence regulation consultation - with more than 11,500 responses...
Ggraphic with a white background. At the top is black text with yellow highlight that says "It's a clear message for government:" In the middle, smaller white text with black highlight says "people want strong and effective A.I. regulation." Underneath that is a centred yellow line. Below left is the logo "M U Musicians' Union" and right is a black arrow indicating more.
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I just signed a letter with @bettertransport.bsky.social, calling for better bus stops. Too many bus stops lack seating and shelter, timetables and other information. You can sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bu...
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Make bus stops better
Millions of people use bus stops every day. But in many places, bus stops lack seating and shelter, timetables and other information. Sign this letter to Simon Lightwood MP, the Government Minister re...
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The Roots List is gaining momentum. If you are interested in or connected to the folk and roots music scene, have a look. You can register, create a public profile, add events to the calendar and join discussions on the forum. www.therootslist.co.uk #therootslist #grassrootsmusic #folk
Website screen shot of the roots list home page. Roots music lovers, performers, venues, promoters, agents, clubs. The roots list is here for you. Festivals. Folk.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Room Next Door - Donald Trump and the New Guy Only on YouTube.
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The Room Next Door - Donald Trump and the New Guy
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
We are working on a new project, branching out and working with others. There’s a lot of planning and admin to do first and recent events have been conspiring against us, eating into that planning time. But we’ll get there. It will be worth it. #artsproject #noteshome #branchingout
A black tree trunk and branches painted on glass
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We’ve got some local gigs lined up this month. Unplugged Saturday tour (5 venues in one afternoon!) on 14 Feb for Hastings Fat Tuesday; Chalk House Sessions in Lewes on 19 Feb; The Cove in Fairlight on 26 Feb. (Thanks to Wendy Holmes for the photo) #hastings #grassrootsmusic #eastsussex
Gig list as per post text 

Woman seated on cajon sings into mic, man stands playing guitar and singing, pub door and windows behind
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It was great to spend an afternoon just wandering aimlessly around Rye without any agenda. #eastsussex #architecture #rye
Frontage of old pub in Rye, The Old Bell. Mix of architecture, brick and stone
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Milton Hide @miltonhide.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
There are just a few tickets left for our gig with Scurravagus in Beckenham. wegottickets.com/event/687132 #beckenham #livemusic #latr
Poster: LATR 3 hounds.-_Milton Hide and Scurravagus.8pm Wednesday 21st January. Three Hounds Beer Co. 57 Beckenham Road, BR3 4PR.
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